Swine show has lots of 'personality'

Kaylee Osier gives her second place swine Sassy some affection, after the swine show at the 2014 Morgan County Fair. (Jonathan Seib/Times)

The showing of the market animals is in full swing, and on Monday night it was the swines' time to shine.The 2014 Morgan County Fair featured some fierce competition in the swine, with market swine, as well as showmanship competitions. Showmen competed in three classifications, senior, intermediate, and junior while the swine were classified into light, medium and heavyweight.Familiar faces filled the top ranks of the market swine competition as the Teagues took three of the top seven slots. Tucker Teague was the Grand Champion in the market swine with his hog weighing in at 272 lbs. Alex Vickers was the Reserve Grand Champion and Kenndra Filter had the Champion Catch it Pig.Charlee Teague had the Reserve Champion for Heavyweight, Courtney Griffith was Reserve Champion for light weight and Alex Muhr was Reserve Champion for medium weight. Shelby Teague finished in seventh.Kaylee Osier, who has been showing swine since she started in 4-H three years ago, and was second in the lightweight, said that swine are a unique challenge. Both she and her sister raise hogs and know that they can be a challenge."They have their own personality. And their personality has a big part to do with it. If they won't work with you, you can't get anything done," said Osier.This year, Osier showed Sassy, whose name completely came from her personality."She is a lot of fun. She acts more like a dog than a pig," said Osier.

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Osier also raises sheep and cattle."Sheep just kind of follow the herd, but pigs are all personality," she said.But if Osier and the Teagues are any indication, the kids with personalities to match take their swine far.